Eric P. Newman Research Files (Colonial Paper Money)
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Correspondence, memoranda, and clips related to small change currency of the 1790s. Roughly divided by colony. Correspondents include James M. Dupont, Gordon Harris, W. W. Woodside of the Carnegie Museum, Norman Rice of the Albany Institute of History and Art, New-York Historical Society, City of Poughkeepsie, and others. Date approximate.
Correspondence related to the 1804 dollar, focusing on the Q. David Bowers book on that subject. Date range 1999-2005. Correspondents include Q. David Bowers, Karl Moulton, Barbara Gregory, Peter Gaspar, Chris Karstedt, and Ken Bressett.
Extensive inventory of the F. C. C. Boyd collection of colonial paper money, along with correspondence between Eric P. Newman and New Netherlands Coin Co. concerning Newman's possible acquisition of the material.
Eric P. Newman Research Files (Colonial Paper Money)
Descrizione:
Consolidated inventories of various early American paper money collections, including Newman, Boyd, Freeman, Connecticut Historical Society, American Antiquarian Society, New York Public Library, and the Greenfield Museum (Johsua Cohen). Listings for several colonies are sparse; the work was likely not completed. Handwritten by Eric P. Newman on ledger sheets. Date approximate.
Inventory of collection contents stolen from John Davis, Philadelphia, including a substantial amount of colonial paper money, with listed serial numbers.
Research material related to Newman's articles "The Source of the Nova Constellatio Copper Coinage" (Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine, January 1960) and "New thoughts on the Nova Constellatio private copper coinage" (ANS Coinage of the Americas Conference, no. 11, 1996). Material ranges from the 1950s and 1990s and consists of correspondence, clips from published sources, and personal memoranda.
Eric P. Newman Research Files (Civil War Numismatics)
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Material related to Newman's artice "Numismatic humor on Civil War Patriotic envelopes" (Numismatist, August 1973). Includes correspondence, photographs, article drafts, and a Heath award certificate from the American Numismatic Association.
Research files related to two Newman articles, "Sources of emblems and mottoes: Continental currency and the Fugio cent" (Numismatist, Dec. 1966) and "Study reveals data on 1787 Fugio cent" (Coin World, Dec. 28, 1966). Includes correspondence, clipped material from published sources, and memoranda.
Correspondence acknowledging Newman's work on nature printing, published in the 1964 Numismatist. Correspondents include the Smithsonian, American Antiquarian Society, the Papers of Benjamin Franklin project, and many others. Newman's distribution list appears toward the front of the file.
